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Ketamine & Mental Health: Dr. Karen DeCocker On Cutting-Edge Treatments

2025/3/22
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我是一位经验丰富的临床医生,在医疗保健领域拥有超过30年的经验。我意识到认知功能和心理健康症状与许多身体健康症状的核心密切相关。 我开始将治疗视为一个生物学过程,而不是仅仅管理症状。抑郁症的症状是由于大脑或神经系统某些方面出现问题导致的。 抑郁症具有一定的退行性特征,大脑某些区域的活动会随着时间的推移而减弱。抑郁症可能是大脑某个区域功能不佳的信号,氯胺酮可以作为神经保护剂,保护脑细胞免受损伤。 我们应该将心理健康症状视为身体出现问题的信号,而不是问题本身。大脑和神经系统是身体的重要组成部分,不应该将心理健康与身体健康分开看待。 药物可以起到积极作用,但我们过度依赖药物来管理症状,而忽略了寻找根本原因。理解自主神经系统过度活跃会导致多种症状和心理健康问题。长期处于高压环境下会导致神经系统过度活跃,从而引发警觉性增高、焦虑和恐慌等症状。 儿童时期或早期经历的创伤会增加成年后患慢性PTSD或严重焦虑症的风险。对于那些对药物治疗反应不佳的严重抑郁症患者,氯胺酮可以作为一种有效的治疗选择。对于那些患有PTSD和过度焦虑的患者,星状神经节阻滞术可以作为一种有效的治疗方法。 氯胺酮可以促进大脑神经元生长,帮助大脑摆脱思维定势。氯胺酮治疗可以帮助患者增强自我接纳,从更宏观的角度看待问题。氯胺酮治疗的效果持续时间因人而异,可能需要多次治疗才能达到最佳效果。 寻找氯胺酮治疗时,务必选择信誉良好的医疗机构和专业的精神健康医疗人员。接受氯胺酮治疗并不意味着成瘾,它是一种用于治疗的药物,而不是娱乐性药物。

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In today’s episode, Dr. Karen DeCocker, PMHNP, DNP, CNM, joins the podcast to discuss the use of ketamine to treat depression and various other mental health issues. Dr. DeCocker is the Director of Advanced Practice Providers and Vice President of Clinical Services at Stella Mental Health. Here, she’s on a mission to reframe the mental health care paradigm – emphasizing the need to treat brain health with the same level of importance as physical health…

Dr. DeCocker provides individualized treatment recommendations across a wide range of advanced protocols, including dual sympathetic reset, ketamine infusions, integration therapy, and more. With more than 13 years of experience as a clinical professional and 30 years of experience in the non-profit and healthcare administration sectors, she has a proven track record of delivering results and fostering a culture of excellence and humanity. 

Tune in to learn about:

The importance of understanding what’s at the core of our physical body symptoms.  A history of ketamine in the mental health sector.  The types of patients that ketamine treatment can work well for.  How ketamine is typically administered. 

You can follow along with Dr. DeCocker and her work by visiting the Stella Mental Health website)!

Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9)

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